<p>Rejected Columbia engineering ED
Deferred MIT ea
SAT 2370(770 CR)
GPA:3.98. 4.7 is weighted
SAT 2:bio 770 math2 750 lit 780
I plan on applying to
Harvard, Yale, Penn, Dartmouth, Cornell, BU, WASHU,John Hopkins BME, Georgetown and Duke Can please chance me, I am really depressed after the last results and need to know if I should apply to engineering departments for biomedical engineering or just Arts and Sciences for Bio</p>
<p>I am an Asian female as well</p>
<p>You have a great shot at every one of them! Expect to get in 2 or 3 of them.
Also, don’t feel depressed about Columbia and MIT. They rejected/deferred EXTREMELY qualified people this year, which is throwing everybody off.
At this point, for every one person admitted, four to five are rejected.</p>
<p>Also, it most likely will be easier for you to be accepted if you switched to Engineering due to your high math scores. Good luck!</p>
<p>What ECs did you do? Maybe you didnt do enough quality extra curriculars build around your desired major.</p>
<p>Yeah, how do you expect us to chance you based only on numbers? You do realize that every single one of those schools gets hundreds and hundreds of applicants with similar, and even stronger stats, right? It all comes down to your ECs, your essays, and how well you demonstrated your passion for learning. Don’t expect any chances without those factors.</p>
<p>I was on track and interned at a nationally renowned lab.</p>
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Unless you are being recruited as an athlete for track – meaning that the track coach has seen you on film or at a meet, you have been invited to a school for an “Official Visit” where you practiced with the team in a captain’s practice, you have the backing of the track coach and s/he assures you that they will write down your name in one of their “slots” given to them by the Admissions Office – then being on track is just considered another extracurricular activity. It’s not any different (or better) than being on the debate team, or in the orchestra, theater, dance club etc. It does NOT increase your chances of admission.</p>
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Sorry to be the one to tell you this, but by itself, that’s meaningless. Lots of students intern at renowned places. Some students do important research and have their findings published along with their mentor/professor’s name. Other kids just get coffee. Much depends on what you did and if you have the backing of your mentor by having them write you a third letter of recommendation.</p>
<p>gibby, I am being recruited for track and I was an intel isef finalist 2 years ago</p>
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<p>Well, that’s interesting. Most schools try to nail down their athletic recruits during the early round, so I’m assuming that did not happen at either Columbia or MIT. And the rest of the schools on your list may have taken all their track recruits during the early round. What’s the word from coaches at the schools that have interest?</p>